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This is a brand new step in the internationalization strategy of the Italian state railway company plans to expand
The plant will be located in Debrecen, Hungary’s second-largest city
EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The local Senate has introduced a package of measures, aiming to curb municipal energy consumption
Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
According to the Global Bicycle Index 2022, most of the top 10 cities were in Europe, with Germany and the Netherlands dominating the list
The flying machines will disperse seed balls in order to try to save the thin and sensitive soil from erosion in the autumn
This year, authorities will be boosting their efforts to get people familiar with different sides of the water body
The local Senate has introduced a package of measures, aiming to curb municipal energy consumption
The transportable solar-powered module was provided by the regional government
Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
If the system proves successful, authorities will scale it up to the rest of Dublin
The name of the tactic is ‘targeted grazing’ – it feeds the animals and starves the wildfires
The monument will be a creative and literally moving sculpture called ‘Standing Waves’
EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The monument will be a creative and literally moving sculpture called ‘Standing Waves’
EU’s statistical office has found a way to present what could be dry info in a more interactive and game-like manner
The building is adorned with murals by the Urban Creatures street art collective
Authorities in the city of Bonn have issued a warning to citizens to avoid the unpaved areas in the drying riverbed
The pets living with disadvantaged residents in the Portuguese capital have not been forgotten
Cars driving on an Athens street
The latest Eurostat report shows that on average there is one car for every two people in the EU
Recently, Eurostat released its latest report on the motorisation rate in Europe for 2020, including the EU, the EEA and Turkey. Several interesting conclusions were made about the state of car ownership on the continent, among them the finding that there are 0.53 passenger cars per inhabitant or roughly one car for every two people.
Furthermore, the report showed marked regional differences on at least two levels. On the one hand, there is the West vs East divide, with much higher ownership rates in the western countries – the notable exception to the rule being Poland, which is very much western in that respect.
On the other hand, there are also interesting domestic disparities between regions within countries, and these disparities themselves show a West-East division in character. We are talking about the difference in motorisation rates between capital cities and the rest of the country. Car ownership rates are higher in Eastern capitals compared to the smaller populated places. In the West, however, it’s usually the opposite and the countryside wins.
France is a superb example of the latter with Limousin, the most sparsely populated region having the most cars per inhabitant, whereas Ile de France, containing Paris, has the fewest. Similar patterns can be also seen in Germany, the Netherlands, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Switzerland.
Those disparities show the reliance on cars as a necessity of life (West) versus ownership as a sign of economic wellbeing (East), among other things.
In 2020, three of the five highest motorisation rates (number of passenger cars per 1 000 inhabitants) were registered in Italy: Valle d’Aosta (1 787), the Autonomous Province of Trento (1 285) and the Autonomous Province of Bolzano (871). The other two were recorded in Flevoland (857) in the Netherlands and the Finnish region of Åland Islands (840).
These regional rates are often linked to the economic situation but can also be affected by specific circumstances: the high motorisation rate in Valle d’Aosta is influenced by taxation rules and the high rate in Flevoland is connected to its location close to a larger city - Amsterdam.
On the other hand, the lowest motorisation rates were reported in two French (overseas departments) and three Greek regions: Mayotte (72), Peloponnese (186), French Guiana (209), Central Greece (238) and North Aegean (261).
EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The local Senate has introduced a package of measures, aiming to curb municipal energy consumption
This is a brand new step in the internationalization strategy of the Italian state railway company plans to expand
Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
The flying machines will disperse seed balls in order to try to save the thin and sensitive soil from erosion in the autumn
If the system proves successful, authorities will scale it up to the rest of Dublin
City authorities say that the park would be complete by mid-December
This summer, the Iberian Peninsula has turned into a veritable tinder source ready for disaster
Greece is the only country that registered an increase, compared to numbers from July 2022
EU border countries and communities are increasingly growing uneasy about tolerating daily visits from the aggressor country
The monument will be a creative and literally moving sculpture called ‘Standing Waves’
The famous Zundert Corso returns on 4-5 September 2022
These will be spread across 11 EU countries and will serve to support the EU Missions
The European Commission has accepted to develop the idea
An interview about AYR, one of the 2021 New European Bauhaus Prize winners
A conversation with the President of the European Committee of the Regions, about energy, climate change and the underrated importance of cohesion policy
Interview with Herald Ruijters, Director, Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE), European Commission
A conversation with the Mayor of Matosinhos, Portugal’s first UN Resilience Hub
